• Two firefighters were hurt when a porch collapsed at an extra-alarm fire in Gresham on the South Side this morning, sending them through the floor into the basement, officials said. Read more

• Alerted by friends of a woman held captive in a taxi, police found the cabdriver sexually assaulting the passenger over the weekend, police said Monday night. The 24-year-old Arlington Heights woman had entered the taxi with two friends after leaving a bar in Prospect Heights early Sunday, according to the Schaumburg Police Department. Read more

• A Chicago man is expected to appear in bond court today after being charged with fatally shooting his friend in the parking lot of a West Side liquor store early Sunday, police said. Read more